Climate and political climate : environmental disasters in the Medieval Levant /

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This study examines environmental disasters in the Levant. The data is drawn from contemporary sources. The main aim is to determine the long and short-term repercussions of environmental disasters on the regional affairs during the Crusader, Ayyubid and Mamluk periods.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Raphael, Kate (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Leiden : Brill, 2013.
Series:Brill's series in the history of the environment ; v. 3.
Subjects:
To 1500
Climatic changes > Middle East > History > To 1500.
Climatic changes > Social aspects > Middle East.
Climate and civilization > Middle East.
Nature > Effect of human beings on > Middle East > History.
Paleoclimatology > Middle East.
NATURE > Weather.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology.
Climate and civilization
Climatic changes
Climatic changes > Social aspects
Climatology
Nature > Effect of human beings on
Paleoclimatology
Middle East > Climate > History.
Middle East
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Droughts and famines
  • pt. 2. Earthquakes and the politics of mass destruction
  • pt. 3. Small and destructive enemies
  • pt. 4. Dearth, crisis and violence.

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